Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 1340 on Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1653
  • Violators: 652
  • Issues: 54
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Pour)
• Violations: 7
• Violators: 4

About the violator

• Tag name: NAV
• Text: Main navigation … Contact
• Start tag: <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="-menu">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1242, y = 690, width = 422, height = 517
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + Pour

Take me there

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 1340 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. The explicitly-assigned ARIA role "navigation" is redundant with the implicit role of the element <nav>

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant

2. role attributes should not repeat the element’s built-in role

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: redundant-role